Distribution date: 19 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 19 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and Diammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 3101); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 16 February 2020

To protect human safety and health, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved, as an interim emergency measure, an amendment to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code to prohibit the retail sale of foods in which total caffeine is present in a concentration of 5% or more (if the food is a solid or semi-solid food) or 1% or more (if the food is a liquid food).  This decision followed a recent death in Australia caused by ingestion of pure or highly concentrated caffeine powder. The decision is based on a risk assessment that confirmed that pure and highly concentrated caffeine food products sold at retail directly to consumers pose an immediate and acute health and safety risk. The ingestion of small amounts of pure and highly concentrated caffeinated substances can result in death or severe health effects. This interim measure comes into force in December 2019. FSANZ will review this interim emergency measure and decide within 12 months whether to affirm, amend or repeal the measure, taking into account comments by WTO members received as a result of this notification. Australia is notifying this interim measure under both TBT and SPS Agreements as caffeine cannot be considered to be an additive for the purposes of the SPS Agreement in relation to all food stuffs – such as pure caffeine products in which it is the primary ingredient. The latter would be covered the TBT Agreement (and not the SPS Agreement).

Products Covered: Food for retail sale in Australia in which caffeine is present at a concentration greater than: (i) 5%—if the food is a solid or semi-solid food; and (ii) 1%—if the food is a liquid food

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 16 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for non-absorbable surgical sutures.

Products Covered: Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics (HS code(s): 300610); Surgical instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 16 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for absorbable surgical sutures.

Products Covered: Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics (HS code(s): 300610); Surgical instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019

Products Covered: HS tariff subheadings 3810.90.10.00;  3810.90.20.00;  8311.10.00.00;  8311.20.00.00;  8311.30.00.00;  8311.90.00.00

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 09 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for absorbable surgical sutures.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 300610); Surgical instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 09 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for non-absorbable surgical sutures.

Products Covered: (HS code(s): 300610); Surgical instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 16 February 2020

This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for surgical suture needles.

Products Covered: Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (HS code(s): 901832); Surgical instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 18 December 2019 | Final date for Comment: 11 January 2020

This Draft resolution incorporates the following changes for the active ingredient T52 - TIFLUZAMIDA (thifluzamide) from the Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, Household Cleaning Products and Wood Preservers, all in the modality of soil use (application):includes the coffee culture with MRL of 0.05 mg/kg and safety security period "Not-determined due to the modality of use".

Products Covered: HS Code(s): 09; ICS Code(s): 13, 65

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 17 December 2019

Products Covered:

Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification